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The morality of a voluntary abortion depends in part on whether the pregnancy is the result of a rape
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| Abortion |
Death |
| Life |
Morality |
| Motherhood |
Rape |
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| Governments should prohibit abortion It is morally acceptable to seek an abortion The right of women to control their own body extends to the decision to terminate a pregnancy Voluntary abortion is morally equivalent to murder
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Supporting arguments
It is morally acceptable to seek an abortion regardless of the consensuality of conception
When a woman voluntarily engages in sexual intercourse, she becomes morally bound to carry to term any fetus that is a result of that act. If the woman did not consent to sexual intercourse, then she has no moral duty to the fetus, and is not obligated to carry it to term. [1]
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Carrying the child of her rapist to term may cause great psychological harm to the victim of a rape, and it is therefore morally acceptable for her to seek an abortion to prevent this harm. [2]
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It is morally acceptable for a woman to seek an abortion if her pregnancy has a significant chance of causing her to die. If the pregnancy is the result of rape, carrying it to term can increase the likelihood she will commit suicide. In such circumstances, it is both moral and rational to seek an abortion. [3]
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Forcing a woman to continue a pregnancy she does not want is morally analagous to slavery. [4]
It is morally acceptable for an abortion to be induced when the woman reports the rape and seeks the abortion immediately. [5]
If women are unable to abort the fetuses produced by rape, the proportion of the population conceived in rape will increase. Any genes that might predispose people to rape will then be passed on more often, and therefore more people will have a predisposition to rape. To prevent this, abortion should be allowed in cases of rape. [6]
For some rapists, the ability to impregnate their victim is a part of their perverse fantasy. When abortion is illegal even for rape victims, society as a whole is an accomplice to the psychological harm caused by the rapist by disallowing the women from terminating the pregnancy. [7]
Opposing arguments
A fetus is a person at the point of conception, and like all people, has a right to life. To voluntarily abort it because its biological father is a rapist or because it was conceived in violence is unfair and immoral. [8]
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If a woman chooses to have an abortion after being raped, she may eventually come to regret the decision and wish she had carried that fetus to term. The resulting guilt will cause her stress and harm. [9]
The morality of a voluntary abortion is typically taken to depend on the personhood of the fetus. It is therefore irrational to consider the circumstances of conception, which has no impact on fetal personhood. [10]
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When a woman gets pregnant as a result of rape, the morally superior option is to think of the child as a blessing and raise it like any other child. It is no less immoral to have an abortion ihn these circumstances than any other. [11]
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Notes
- ↑ gensec
- ↑ Malcolm1044
- ↑ CognisOcculted
- ↑ touchme
- ↑ Ron Paul
- ↑ cumulus_humilis
- ↑ ThoughtCriminal
- ↑ Glen A. Stocker
- ↑ PleaseConvinceMe.com
- ↑ renl57
- ↑ Rick Santorum
- ↑ al-Islam.org
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| Neutral wikis | Wikipedia: Abortion Citizendium (Academic): Abortion Debatepedia (Debates): None |
Viewpoints | Wikinfo (Sympathetic): Abortion WhyItIsTerrible (Critical): None |
| Philosophies and topics | Atheism Wiki (Atheist): None FreeThoughtPedia (FreeThought): The Bible and Abortion Objectivism Wiki (Objectivist): None RationalWiki (Skeptic): Abortion WikiSynergy (Conspiracy theories, inclusive): None EvoWiki (Evolutionary science): Abortion LGBT Project (LGBT): None Religion Wiki (Religious): Abortion |
Politics | Mises.org (Austro-libertarian): None Conservapedia (US right-wing, Christian conservative): Abortion Ameriwiki (US right-wing, Christian conservative): Abortion dKosopedia (US left-wing): Abortion LeftSpace (US left-wing): None Liberapedia (US left-wing): Abortion Metapedia (Neo-Nazi): Abortion |
| Christian wikis | IronChariots (Biblical, counter-apologetics): Abortion Christianity Knowledge Base (Christian): Abortion WikiChristian (Christian): Abortion A Storehouse of Knowledge (Christian): Abortion Creation Wiki (Creationist): Abortion Theopedia (Evangelical Protestant): Abortion OrthodoxWiki (Orthodox Christian): Abortion Catholic Wiki (Roman Catholic): None Theologia (Christian, ecumenical): None |
Other religious wikis | WikiIslam (anti-Islamic): Qur'an Hadith and Scholars: Miscellaneous#Abortion Bahaikipedia (Bahá’Ã): None Dhamma Wiki (Buddhist, Theravada): Abortion Hindupedia (Hindu): None Judaism Wiki (Jewish): None Messianic (Messianic Jewish): None MuslimWiki (Muslim): Abortion Wikipagan (Neopagan): None Scientology (Scientology, independent): None SikhiWiki (Sikh): Abortion |
